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Monde Ndlovu

Monde Ndlovu is head of advocacy and thought leadership at the Black Management Forum

South Africa’s G20 faces unprecedented diplomatic tensions, as the geo-political situation with the United States adds a new layer of complexity.

South Africa’s G20 leadership: An opportunity to drive an inclusive future through values

Through the Values 20 initiative, global business leaders can look beyond traditional metrics of success to create a more equitable and sustainable world

There has been progress since 1994. South Africa now has a black middle and upper middle class but the means of production remain largely owned by white people and black people swelling the ranks of labour. Photo: Mujahid Saofodien/AFP)

A future without broad-based BEE and affirmative action is not possible

‘The new economic dispensation should match the aspiration for economic freedom and the fulfilment of the highest ideals of our democracy.’

Children carry the heaviest burden: inadequate nutrition, unsafe housing, limited early childhood development, and weak schooling outcomes overlap and compound.

Is broad-based BEE an anchor for democracy?

Government and public entities are too timid in their transformation drive and could do much more to raise black people from poverty

True mentorship is not about hierarchy. It’s about co-creation. Photo: File

Is B-BBEE an anchor for democracy?

Empowering the poor should be what underlies every debate and policy adopted in South Africa

Black economic empowerment was one of the measures intended to address the racialised inequality in South Africa (Reuters)

South Africa needs more black corporate guerillas

A lack of meaningful transformation will undermine the country’s progress and democratic order

(John McCann/M&G)

The economy is the engine of reconciliation, and B-BBEE is the engine of transformation

The advent of democracy in 1994 merely created the conditions for transformation to begin

Don Mkhwanazi.

Transformation of business still very much on the agenda

As our old heroes Don Mkhwanazi and Lot Ndlovu would remind us, now is not the time to be complacent

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – December 6, 1990: Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo . (Photo by Gallo Images via Getty Images/Sunday Times)

Tambo, Mandela, Biko and Maxeke all left legacies

The youth of South Africa need to heed these role models to rise up to the challenges that face them

Lower income brackets spend a large proportion of their income on food.

In celebration of the Basotho hat

Defining human capital in an emerging market